The Palm Beach Thistle - Scottish American Society of Palm Beach

The Palm Beach Thistle
Published by the Scottish American Society
of Palm Beach County
NOTE NEW Mailing Address & phone:
9679 159th Ct. N.
Jupiter, FL 33478
561-743-9129
Editors Scott & Gail Ladd
President’s Message
Hello SAS members!
Schedule of Events
Check Website for more info
http://www.saspbc.org
We had a heart to heart discussion at our last
Gatherings are held at
Church
of
the Holy Guardian Angels
meeting with the realization that, despite 2
1325 Cardinal Lane, Lantana, Fl.
Palm Beach Post articles and a WPTV news clip,
Meetings TBA
our membership and meeting attendance has
November 30
Kirkin
dwindled. Consequently, the SAS board has
*See information page 2*
decided on a few changes. We will NOT have
regular meetings every single month in the fall
December 19 Christmas Party/Duffy’s
and spring. Hence, there will be NO NOVEMBER
Gift exchange/ 6 p.m.
meeting, but instead we will be gathering for
January 24
Burns Night
the church Kirking on 11/30. We will have our
NPB Country Club
Christmas party at Duffys on Village Blvd. on
12/19 at 6 p.m., and our Burns Dinner on Jan
24. The schedule after that will be determined
November
December
Birthdays
Birthdays
by the board and announced accordingly.
Please know this is not necessarily a permanent
28 Lillian Rossi
26 Gail Burkett
change but is the result of the lack of
29 Scott Ladd
participation.
Sincerely, Gail Burkett, President
(Directions to Duffy’s – I 95 to
Palm Beach Lakes Blvd W, a couple of lights turn
right on Village. In Publix plaza at the first light.)
November
Anniversaries
None known
December
Anniversaries
None known
Please let us know if we inadvertently miss your
special day!
The Ladies: Ilia, Gail B., Betty, Lorna, Lynn, and Gail L.
The Gents: Larry, Bob, Scott and Walter
***Come to the Kirkin!***
Church of the Holy Guardian Angels
1325 Cardinal Lane, Lantana
The Rev. David Kennedy
10 a.m.
Celebrate your Heritage
Wear your Scottish Attire
Brunch to follow
The Background
Kirk is Scottish Gaelic for church, and a kirking is a ‘churching’ or a ‘blessing.’ Although plaids are worn
throughout the world, only Scots wear the tartan. Scots look on the tartan as a multicolored bit of wool. To the
Scots, a tartan is steeped in history, saturated with the blood of martyrs, and interwoven with sentiment and
tradition.
A clan is a family, and Scots wear the tartan of their clans or families with pride and a sense of history. Each
Scottish tartan is distinctive, registered in Scotland and unchangeable. Scottish literature referred to the tartan as
early as the 1200s.
The English King prohibited the wearing of the tartans, the kilt, and the playing of the great highland pipes in
1746. This prohibition was repealed in 1782.
The Kirking of the Tartans reflects a tradition of the Church of Scotland, the mother church of the Presbyterian
Church. The actual Kirkin of the Tartans was instituted by Dr. Peter Marshall in April of 1941 as a worship
service to remember and honor those of Scottish blood that had given so much in the centuries past.
We celebrate our heritage in this “Blessing of the Tartans.”